braço

== Galician == === Noun === braço m (plural braços, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of brazo === References === “braço”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾa.t͡so/ === Noun === braço m (plural braços) arm […] pelo braço lle sayu / uiua aquela aranna. […] that spider emerged alive from his arm. ==== Descendants ==== Galician: brazo Portuguese: braço == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin brachium, bracchium (“forearm, arm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾat͡so/ === Noun === braço m (plural braços) arm ==== Derived terms ==== abraçar (verb) ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: braso Spanish: brazo == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, Romanian braț, and Italian braccio. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -asu Hyphenation: bra‧ço === Noun === braço m (plural braços) arm (upper limb) (specifically) upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder) (loosely) any limb or tentacle arm (part of an object designed to be used with the arm) arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm) Synonym: manga arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on) arm (anything that extends out from another thing) (music) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument) (geography) arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body) (geography) a smaller range extending from a mountain range (mechanics) the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum (genetics) arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere) (astronomy) arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy) arm (person employed to do manual labour) (figurative) arm; might; power Synonym: poder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “braço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “braço” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “braço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “braço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026